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' IMPRovEMnNr IN` HAY-renverse;

The-gebeden referred tdln these Letters Patentland vintimi-15 5f the.am@

'.lhatLI',` HORACE WARREN, vot' Leicester, county ofWorcesterandCommonwealthv of Massachusetts,

' have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hay-TeddersorMachines `for Spreading.Hay; and

. I do herebydeclare thatthe following is a full, clear, andexactxdescription of thefsame, reference being' had tothe-accompanyingdrawing formingapart of this speciiieation, in which- .Figure 1represents ajplan lview of my improved nayeeader.

Figure 2 represents 'a section `on line A\Big. l.

` Figure 3 represents a section on lineC D, `fig. 1. ,(Chignre` 4represents a rear view ofmy improved te er.

in gforks. ,Y

FignreG represents a section of the spreading-fork on line/E F, fig. 5.`e

Figure 7 represents a plan view of one of the standards which supportthe crank-shaft.

Figure 8 represents a"central section of the said Astandard on the lineGr H, dg..7`, the standard being represented ina horizontal position.`

Figure 9 represents a bottom view of ,the eye-pieces,

` by means of which the swinging arms are connected.

to the axle, and e Figure 10 represents a section ot' theaxle andeyepiece, online I K, fig. 9;

To enable those skilled in the art to :which my invcntion belongs tomake and nse't-he same, I will proeeed to describe it more in detail.

` Aindicasae axle; i

B, the wheels; 'and O, the thills, arranged in the peculiar and relativepositions shown."v Y

Above the axle A; and supported thereon by the standards D D', are twoshafts, E, on which are, ar-

`rang several cranks, a, which operate the spreadinglever The outerlends of theshafts E .are provided with small gears, b, which mesh intolarge gears, Gr, fastcned to the inner, sides' of the wheels B, fromwhich 'the shatts E and spreading-levers F derive their mo- The lowerend ofthe hand-lever H is bent, to form a bell-crank, H', and pivoted toone ofthe standards D.

`'lhe `end of the bell-crank H is connected, by the rod d, to the innerends of two'levers, c, that extend'` along the front' side of the axleAyto/which they. are

Figure 5 represents a side view of one of' the spread-` pivoted',Y neartheir centers, 4 by screws'or boltsf, andI theirouterends arfe fastenedtothe upright slides, g,

at the front 'side of the standards Di.,v l.

',.lheslides g are furnished with, forks, 1, aboveand belowthebearingsc, which are moved up. and down.

yby thelevers e, slots being formed inthe top. ofA the standards D, winwhich the bearings c are held.

` rEhe spreading-levers F are made, in,` this instance, in curved form,as shown in thedra-wing, their upper ends being attachedtofthe cranks a,while their centers are pivoted or hinged to the endsof swingingf' arms,I, and their `lower ends'l furnished with spring forks, k,

. The forward endssof the swinging-ai'rns are held between eye-pieces,J, fastened to the bottom of the axle A. said arms I being secured by asingle rod, 2,

that passes through the ends of all the arms I and eyepieces J, as fullyindicated in the drawing.

. Instead of a single ro'dfor fastening all the arms I, they may befastened separately or in sections of two yor more, as desired.

tlhe forks, K are constructed vand fastened to the l spreading-levers Finthe manner shown in figs. 5 and 6.

`lllletallieplates, tare secured to each side ot' the lever F by a bolth, and passing vthrough their lower.

ends, as well as t rough the end ofthe lever, is a pin, m, the ends ofwhich project a'sliort distance at each side'. Y

The wires, lw, that form the tinesof tl1eforks.K are coiledto fit aroundthe projecting ends of the pin m, thereby forming a spring to v give therequired amount of elasticity `to the fork. y 7

One end of the wire is bent to form a hook, which is inserted ina holethrough the lower end ot' the plate '13,- the other projects downward,andis curved, to 4form thetne of the fork, all of whiehis fully ndicatedin the drawing. y

The thills, O, have fastened to their rear ends metallic arches, L,tha-t pass over the top of the axle A, and are secured at -the backthereof in eye-pieces, 3,]

said eye-pieces 3.being bolted'fto the under side of the axle andprojecting to the rear.

By this method of attaching the thills C to' the axle' A, -th'e `lattercanbe readily turned to adjust the height of the forks K from theground, a hand-lever, M,be ing vprovided for the purpose.

The axle A., and parts attached thereto, are rei tained at theproperdegree of elevation hyl meansot a curved bar of metal, N, fastened tothe cross-bars,A

A spring, p, is attached to the lever M to press it firmly into thenotch fn, and prevent it from working ont of place when the machine isin motion.

A seat, P, is arranged for theoperator upon a-spring support, S, whichis fastened to the cross-bars 0 of the thills O.

By having the plates i recessed or grooved out on I their inner sides,the hooked end of the fork is re tained in position, while, at the sametime, it facilitates vthe insertionand removal of the hook of the fork.

In` lieu of attaching the arm N to the cross-pieces of `the shafts, Icontemplate attaching the arm to the axle A, and have a catch-piecearranged upon, the cross-piece.

` By arranging the forks and their operating mechan ism in the mannershown, a very compact vmachine is produced, while the draft is much lessthan the Bnllard machine,'upon which mine is van improvement. Then,again, by the combination of the'thills with the axle, asshown, theoperation of raising and lowering the forks is rendered quite easy andconvenient.

It will be noticed that the weight of the rear ends of the shafts, aswell as the weight of the`driver,

tends to bring the forks down toward the' ground,`y

while the action of the forks tends to roll the axle for? ward; the twoforces thus, -in a great measure, coun tei-balance each other.

Having described my improvedhay-todder,

What I claim therein asl new and of my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- 1. The 'combination and arrangement, with the themanner shown and described.

main axle and crank-shafts placed vertically, or nearly' so, above saidaxle, of the spreading-fork levers, connected, at their upper ends, withthe crank-shafts, and hinged, at a point intermediate between their twoends, to supporting arms, which, in turn, are hinged to the main axle,substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the main axlecrankshafts, spreading-fork levers,and their hinged supporting arms, arranged as hereinbefore specified,the ythills or shafts, when arranged so that their rear ends, orbrackets,`cr straps, for supporting the same, shall be as shown anddescribed.

2 5. In a machine for spreading hay, the arrangement of thespreading-forks and mechanism for adjusting, operating, and supportingthe same upon the main axle, whichcarries the driving-wheels,substantially in 4. The combination, with the crankshafts, l and theirsupporting standards,

ofthe adjustable bearings c, and system ,of levers for operating thesame, constructcd and arrangedupon the main axle, as herein shown anddescribed.

5. The combination, with the fork-levers F, of the plates c', the pin m,passing through the lower end of said lever and plates, andl the forksw, coiled around the projectingend of the pin, and having their hookends held between the said lever and plates,in'the manner shown anddescribed.

HORACE WARREN. Witnesses:

Unas. H.-BURLE1GH, ALBERT E. Pnmnw.

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